Dáil Éireann Debate, Tuesday - 7 November 2017
117. Deputy Charlie McConalogue asked the Taoiseach the bilateral meetings he has had with other European prime ministers and presidents, including the EU Council and EU Commission Presidents, since he took office as Taoiseach; and the location and date of each such meeting. [46235/17]
Amharc ar fhreagraSince becoming Taoiseach, I have participated in the European Council meetings in Brussels in June and October, and the Digital Summit in Tallinn in September. In advance of the October European Council, I also participated in a meeting with the leaders of a number of like-minded partners - Latvia, Lithuania, Estonia, Finland, Sweden, Denmark and the Netherlands.
I had separate bilateral meetings in Brussels in June with President Tusk, President Juncker, Chancellor Merkel and Estonian Prime Minister Ratas.
I met bilaterally with President Draghi in Dublin in September, with Prime Minister Rutte in Tallinn in September and with President Macron in Paris in October, and with the European Parliament’s lead Brexit negotiator Guy Verhofstadt in Dublin in September.
I met with Prime Minister May in London in June and again in September and we have also had a number of telephone conversations.
